Field Trip

This story wasn't exactly funny at the time but I can laugh about it now.  Sometimes that's the only way to get through the day.

One of my good friends, Mommy mentor, mother of 5 including Sophie (3 also) Angel was watching Nick while I was in school.  They live about a block and a half away.

I was helping out in Tyler's class when I got a call from Angel, all I could hear was Angel screaming something along the lines of "Oh no Heather, I can't find Sophie and Nick, they are gone!" She kept saying it over and over again along with some other stuff I couldn't understand.  As my heart sunk into my stomach and the panic started to set in, I did the first thing that came to mind.  I hung up on Angel (oops) told Mrs. Cho (in front of Tyler, oops again) "I have to go, Nick is missing"  Not really the best way to handle the situation.

As I was driving home (way to fast in a school zone) I really started to get nervous.  Two 3 year olds missing, where could they be, did someone take them, are they hurt?  You know all the crazy things that start running through your head.  When I turned turned down my road off of Angels I could see her running down my street with another neighbor "Super Mom" Melissa.  I turned down another street and went around the block and meet them in front of my house. They had both of the kids standing there with them.

Here is what happened:  Nick and Sophie, were playing at Angels and she went upstairs to put her 1 year old down for a nap.  That's when they decided to go on a little field trip.  They got their coats and shoes on and walked to my house.  The only reason Angel stopped and went into my house was because when they went inside and took their shoes off one of Sophie's fell out the door.  Angel just happened to see a little pink shoe on my door step.  She found them upstairs watching a movie.

I was really excited to see that they were safe but at the same time I wanted to strangle them.  As I settled down and realized I didn't need to call Brian in the Philippines and tell him is baby is missing, everything came to a head.  I grabbed Nick, hugged him and then started crying "What were you thinking?  Why did you leave Sophie's house?"  His response was "Well, what's the problem, we didn't make a mess."

That was one of the scariest moments in my life.  What was even harder was seeing his older brothers eyes fill with tears when I went back to school.  I really wasn't thinking about how hard that must have been for Tyler.  Then came a moment I will never forget, Tyler grabbed Nick hugged him and said "Idiot boy, don't ever do that again you really scared me!"  Then they started wrestling in class.  All was good.

Angel and I still trade babysitting every week, we haven't had anymore field trips (not for lack of trying)  I really wouldn't be surprised if those two date later on in life.

Angel I LOVE YOU GIRL!!